Ruth 2 – Skeptic's Annotated Bible answered

1
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth,
of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

2
And Ruth the
Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn
after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her,
Go, my daughter.

3
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after
the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field
belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

4
And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The
LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

5
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?

6
And the servant that was set over the reapers
answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with
Naomi out of the country of Moab:

7
And she said, I pray you, let me glean
and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath
continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the
house.

8
Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not
to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my
maidens:

9Let thine eyes be on the field that they do
reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they
shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and
drink of that which the young men have drawn.

10
Then she fell on
her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I
found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I
am a stranger?

11
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath
fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since
the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy
mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou
knewest not heretofore.

12
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward
be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to
trust.

13
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for
that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto
thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

14
And
Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and
dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached
her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

15
And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,
saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

16
And
let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave
them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

17
So
she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and
it was about an ephah of barley.

18
And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in
law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she
had reserved after she was sufficed.

19
And her mother in law said unto
her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he
that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom
she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day
is Boaz.

20
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed
be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living
and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto
us, one of our next kinsmen.

21
And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto
me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my
harvest.

22
And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is
good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not
in any other field.

23
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean
unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her
mother in law.